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were mitt romney by the way not one bit of coverage of 47% in may. there was a fund-raising event but nobody pulled the story in may. not until the video popped up that came back into the process. >> host: what politicians have made mistakes in the past better fatal? >> working backwards, rick perry wants to be the republican nominee he says i will cut them this way but cannot remember which department he was not ready for prime time. elizabeth dole came to speak. she did not realize it was a conference with civilians. it was aimed at the midshipmen. she was talking over their head. she misinterpreted a question. she did very good at the republican convention she had restive speech and somebody asked a question if she would send her son to bosnia. to bolster her policy position. you could almost see the regret to that they never had fairchild. she said we have never had a child. the next day they said she is not ready for the campaign trail she is talking personal then within three weeks the campaign folded. michael dukakis. when he was asked about w
were mitt romney by the way not one bit of coverage of 47% in may. there was a fund-raising event but nobody pulled the story in may. not until the video popped up that came back into the process. >> host: what politicians have made mistakes in the past better fatal? >> working backwards, rick perry wants to be the republican nominee he says i will cut them this way but cannot remember which department he was not ready for prime time. elizabeth dole came to speak. she did not...
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romney:. mitt romney comes along. this is a delicious apples to apples comparison. mitt romney has a 5400-word essay devoted to him in the "washington post," and in that essay, we learned, stop the presses here, that when he was, what, 15 or 16? he cut a boy's hair. oh, yes he did. [laughter] we learn at the very same day that barack obama switched his position on gay rights. the boy allegedly was a homosexual. ah-ha! the story is not barack obama switching his position. the point is that we have to cover mitt romney was a homophobe. nevermind this man is now deceased. his parents, his family said that story was false. this boy's family dispiewlted the story. but there was an essay about it that we had to know about romney's youth. shortly thereafter, same newspaper, 5 # 5 -- 5500 words on barack obama youth. what did we learn there? we learned he loved basketball. barack obama loved basketball. that's the theory -- i mean, that's the signature. that's the take away from his youth. this is a newspaper that would love to do muck raking, but they can't because all the
romney:. mitt romney comes along. this is a delicious apples to apples comparison. mitt romney has a 5400-word essay devoted to him in the "washington post," and in that essay, we learned, stop the presses here, that when he was, what, 15 or 16? he cut a boy's hair. oh, yes he did. [laughter] we learn at the very same day that barack obama switched his position on gay rights. the boy allegedly was a homosexual. ah-ha! the story is not barack obama switching his position. the point is...
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>> first i do want to salute mitt romney. the pressure was enormous. every republican knows this president has been vengeful, vicious and they don't want to oppose him. the fact that this is bipartisan holds up a beacon to what was right and what was wrong and the fact that the democrats were united in conviction and even more important on the witnesses and documents to seek allegiance. >> senator mcconnell was making the argument that it looks better for the republican incumbents. >> the main thing about peter mcconnell is he said the house is being political and all he does is talk politics. the bottom line is if you believe the truth prevails and the american people wanted the facts, we are happy to live with that verdict and see where it takes us, plain and simple. >> this was seeking the truth. history if you believe that the right prevails, and we knew we were right and they knew they were wrong as evidence being unwilling to listen to the other side, then you know it's going to workout and i believe that it will work out as the numbers go up and
>> first i do want to salute mitt romney. the pressure was enormous. every republican knows this president has been vengeful, vicious and they don't want to oppose him. the fact that this is bipartisan holds up a beacon to what was right and what was wrong and the fact that the democrats were united in conviction and even more important on the witnesses and documents to seek allegiance. >> senator mcconnell was making the argument that it looks better for the republican incumbents....
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i want you to do an investigation of mitt romney and i want you to announce you found dirt on mitt romney and if you are willing to do that, quid pro quo i won't give ukraine the money they need to fight on the front line. to any of us have any question that barack obama would be impeached for that kind of misconduct? are we ready to say that would be okay if barack obama asked medvedev to investigate his opponent and will withhold an ally from defend gets up to get an investigation of mitt romney? that is the parallel here and to say we condition aid all the time, for legitimate reasons, yes. for legitimate reasons you might say to a governor of a state, governor of the state, you should ship in more towards your own disaster relief but if the president's real motive in depriving a state of disaster relief is because that governor won't get his attorney general to investigate the president's political rival are we ready to say the president can sacrifice the interests of the people of that state or the people of our country because all quid pro quos are fine? it is carte blanche? is that
i want you to do an investigation of mitt romney and i want you to announce you found dirt on mitt romney and if you are willing to do that, quid pro quo i won't give ukraine the money they need to fight on the front line. to any of us have any question that barack obama would be impeached for that kind of misconduct? are we ready to say that would be okay if barack obama asked medvedev to investigate his opponent and will withhold an ally from defend gets up to get an investigation of mitt...
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i really only had one reading with mitt romney. i work with a team to develop the plan and we went in. and in the meeting basically mitt romney was defending against his old club visors. he said he don't want to do this. this is a terrible idea. he said this is cool. the chart is a management consultant. and they had this unique phishing because are getting money for the federal government we can put together a system to a system to endorse a coverage without raising taxes and that's a republican he thought that was kind of neat good we can have a system with urso responsibility for the mandate. we'll cover everybody and not raise taxes. he was excited by the puzzle. and look, i'm not saying this because i'm a democrat. he honestly is the hero of health care reform. literally, truly we do not get the affordable track without mitt romney. [applause] i realize that as a self-serving statement, but it's really, really true. i am as disappointed as anyone that is locked away from it the way he has. >> thank you. >> thank you very much
i really only had one reading with mitt romney. i work with a team to develop the plan and we went in. and in the meeting basically mitt romney was defending against his old club visors. he said he don't want to do this. this is a terrible idea. he said this is cool. the chart is a management consultant. and they had this unique phishing because are getting money for the federal government we can put together a system to a system to endorse a coverage without raising taxes and that's a...
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on meant not - o mitt romney wid before this and after this. we disagreed on this one but he is a colleague and a friend, and a tweet from utah, photos of some supporters in his home state. thank you meant for voting to convict. from downtown utah today. your calls and your comments what's ahead, for the house and senate in the wake of the acquittal and reminder tomorrow at noon, we will hear from the president. he is said to make comments about the impeachment trial at the end of the trial tomorrow at noon. we will have that life here on "c-span2". boston, from thai on her other line. good evening. >> thank you for taking my call. first of all, i am well aware of mitt romney, i can't hear you. thank you. i am well aware of mitt romney, i was in boston when he was governor, is a man of god. and i am a born-again christian. i know he is a man of god. he is at my church. we blessed him and prayed over him as he became governor. as he left, his wife, had a john adams bible. given as a gift. i pray that the people of utah, understand his integrity.
on meant not - o mitt romney wid before this and after this. we disagreed on this one but he is a colleague and a friend, and a tweet from utah, photos of some supporters in his home state. thank you meant for voting to convict. from downtown utah today. your calls and your comments what's ahead, for the house and senate in the wake of the acquittal and reminder tomorrow at noon, we will hear from the president. he is said to make comments about the impeachment trial at the end of the trial...
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remember, president obama's quip in 2012 when mitt romney emphasized his concern for russia. this is what president obama said when mitt romney emphasized his concerns with russia in 2012, direct quote. the 1980s are calling to ask for their foreign-policy back. that was president obama in 2012. i think many of us now see that president obama's approach to russia could have used more of the 1980s, more ronald reagan and less jimmy carter. we would have been better off if the obama administration hadn't swept vladimir putin's occupation of georgia under the rug or looked away as russia for southwestern ngos and cracks down on civil society. if president obama hadn't let asad triple his redline in syria or embraced vladimir putin's fake deal on chemical weapons. of the obama administration had responded firmly to vladimir putin's occupation of ukraine in 2014 to the assassination of boris him soft and russian interference in syria. may be stronger leadership would have left the criminal less a motive, tampering with our democracy wouldn't have seemed so very tempting. instead t
remember, president obama's quip in 2012 when mitt romney emphasized his concern for russia. this is what president obama said when mitt romney emphasized his concerns with russia in 2012, direct quote. the 1980s are calling to ask for their foreign-policy back. that was president obama in 2012. i think many of us now see that president obama's approach to russia could have used more of the 1980s, more ronald reagan and less jimmy carter. we would have been better off if the obama...
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[inaudible question] is any chance mitt romney is expelled? >> i was surprised and disappointed but we have much work to do for the american people and i think senator romney has been largely supportive of most everything we try to accomplish. [inaudible question] i am sure you are paying close attention. that's what we've been talking about the last three weeks. >> obviously you and chuck schumer had a lot of disagreements about how the trial should go. how would you characterize your relationship with the minority leader coming out of this? >> i think the relationship is fine. but adopting the rules did not serve his purpose. let's go back to what he was trying to achieve. we had a discussion before we began the trial. he wanted to guarantee at least some number of witnesses before we started. i felt that our best interest in the best interest of the country was served by listening to the argument and going through the questioning. before we got to the question of witnesses because we might or might not include at that point that we needed a
[inaudible question] is any chance mitt romney is expelled? >> i was surprised and disappointed but we have much work to do for the american people and i think senator romney has been largely supportive of most everything we try to accomplish. [inaudible question] i am sure you are paying close attention. that's what we've been talking about the last three weeks. >> obviously you and chuck schumer had a lot of disagreements about how the trial should go. how would you characterize...
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but now and i'd say all the way up until the running of mitt romney for president was about character right about these of protestant ethics. mormons are american but then of course today that's a different story. your personal interest in mormonism. are you mormon? no, i'm not. where is the interest come from? why this focus? the interest for me began. well, i did grow up mormon, so am familiar with the whole world in a lot of ways and so but in grad school i, i still mormon during grad school. and so was intrigued by mormon history mormon studies. and so i really got into that. but then i started becoming with how mormon studies was done. i was frustrated within mormon context, how secular history was done. i thought it didn't really look at religion seriously. it saw this sense it's invisible. it's not relevant. that's kind of how secular history often looked at it. um, at least when i was in grad school and then i'd look at religious historians and, they would focus on protestantism. and so the marginal groups were not really discussed. well, if discussed at all. and then mormon s
but now and i'd say all the way up until the running of mitt romney for president was about character right about these of protestant ethics. mormons are american but then of course today that's a different story. your personal interest in mormonism. are you mormon? no, i'm not. where is the interest come from? why this focus? the interest for me began. well, i did grow up mormon, so am familiar with the whole world in a lot of ways and so but in grad school i, i still mormon during grad...
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between romney today and kennedy then. but, of course, they're not running in the same political environment. a lot has changed since. what's changed? well, this'll come as no surprise to anyone in the audience, but we live in a time today when religion matters a lot more and in different ways today in how people vote than it did in the past. certainly in 1960, but even throughout the 1970s and even up until the early 980 -- 1980s. what this graph shows you is the correlation between how frequently somebody attends religious services and whether or not they identify as a republican. going back to the 1950s all the way up to the present. and the way you interpret this is that the higher the point is on the graph, the tighter the connection between how frequently you go to church and whether or not you identify as a republican. so if really high, it means there's a really strong connection. and if it's low and below zero especially, it means there's either no connection, or maybe those who go to church are more likely to be
between romney today and kennedy then. but, of course, they're not running in the same political environment. a lot has changed since. what's changed? well, this'll come as no surprise to anyone in the audience, but we live in a time today when religion matters a lot more and in different ways today in how people vote than it did in the past. certainly in 1960, but even throughout the 1970s and even up until the early 980 -- 1980s. what this graph shows you is the correlation between how...
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. >> for the senate race, will you be supporting mitt romney? >> sure. mitt romney is a good man. i'm glad he has decides to run for the senate. we need mitt romney in the senate. we need an independent voice, somebody who will enter the senate chamber with immediate gravitas, and someone who can work across the aisle and actually, i think, create a whole new power center in the senate. think that'sday desperately needed. >> how tends are you that republicans could lose your seat in november? >> that is a concern. i think what happened in pennsylvania just yesterday is still happening issue guess -- should be a big wakeup call for republicans. i think once again, we are testing the limits of trumpism. we're realizing that you can only drill down on the base so far. that we have to appeal to a broader electorate and if you can't win a race in a plus-20 trump district, then it's really going to be tough to win in purple states. >> how was president trump able to win over the republican base so quickly do you think, and what role did social media play in this? >> it prized me. i've w
. >> for the senate race, will you be supporting mitt romney? >> sure. mitt romney is a good man. i'm glad he has decides to run for the senate. we need mitt romney in the senate. we need an independent voice, somebody who will enter the senate chamber with immediate gravitas, and someone who can work across the aisle and actually, i think, create a whole new power center in the senate. think that'sday desperately needed. >> how tends are you that republicans could lose your...
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romney for some time now. before he was a pariah in the party when he was a candidate to the characteristics you thought you wanted to explore. >> i have covered him for more than 10 years before he approached him about writing this book. and as a presidential candidate he was not that interesting. [laughter] high covered his campaign. i covered hundreds of events. he gave the same stump speech word for word four times a day every day for a year. i got to the point i was having dreams about it. i could recite everyry word. he was very cautious, very confident, very disciplined that is what his public persona was. and i remember early in that campaign in 2012 talking to another reporter about how it's really difficult to cover mitt romney in an interesting way. the reporter said i don't think that is my theory he does not have a lot going on beneath the surface. i didn't know i said maybe that's true. internally than he let on. but i think what was so interesting about getting to do this book was that he really
romney for some time now. before he was a pariah in the party when he was a candidate to the characteristics you thought you wanted to explore. >> i have covered him for more than 10 years before he approached him about writing this book. and as a presidential candidate he was not that interesting. [laughter] high covered his campaign. i covered hundreds of events. he gave the same stump speech word for word four times a day every day for a year. i got to the point i was having dreams...
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the same moment thereafter, mitt romney had the binders of women came up. what got me about that moment was the democrats and the president could point to this one act, this one piece of legislation, he didn't talk about more than that because there isn't that much more. it is easy to say republicans, women, not such an easy stew, but overall it is something and plain and simple and measurable as pay, no one in the political spectrum across-the-board has done much to -- besides you. [applause] >> let me just say there is pending legislation which republicans have blocked in the house, that is the third paycheck act. he could have brought that up. you need that second half to make easier, more practical to demand fare paying in the courts that going back to the binders which is the favorite topic, when i was governor, i got a lot of women applicants for jobs because it was the first time most people's acquaintance that there was a woman governor, so mitt romney had to go outside his network to find some women. for that much i gave him credit even though he w
the same moment thereafter, mitt romney had the binders of women came up. what got me about that moment was the democrats and the president could point to this one act, this one piece of legislation, he didn't talk about more than that because there isn't that much more. it is easy to say republicans, women, not such an easy stew, but overall it is something and plain and simple and measurable as pay, no one in the political spectrum across-the-board has done much to -- besides you. [applause]...
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to my colleague senator mitt romney, you are your father's son. this week marks 54 years since the shot rang out in memphis, tennessee claim be the life of dr. martin laoser king, an american who spoke with greater moral clarity than any other in our history. the night before he died, dr. king spoke at a rally in support of the city striking sanitation workers. there was tension in the air. from the moment he set foot in memphis, he'd received a barrage of death threats. as dr. king spoke to the crowd at the mason temple, death was on his mind. he said like anybody i'd like to live a long life. longevity has its place, but i'm not concerned about that now. i just want to do god's will. and he's allowed me to go up to the mountain. his next words proved prophetic. dr. king said i've looked over and i've seen the promise land. i may not get there with you, but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promise land. ricky jones said that she thought about dr. king's prophecy when she realized the judiciary committee was voting on
to my colleague senator mitt romney, you are your father's son. this week marks 54 years since the shot rang out in memphis, tennessee claim be the life of dr. martin laoser king, an american who spoke with greater moral clarity than any other in our history. the night before he died, dr. king spoke at a rally in support of the city striking sanitation workers. there was tension in the air. from the moment he set foot in memphis, he'd received a barrage of death threats. as dr. king spoke to...
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a george romney. yeah. again. yeah. so, i mean, i think that part of the reason he didn't identify strongly as a republican, you know earlier in his adult life is because his father was sort of, you know, chased out of the party. not not totally, but george romney was a liberal republican in sort of the last days of the liberal republican wing existing right. he was a big advocate for civil rights in the 1960s. he marched with civil rights activists as governor of michigan. when he ran for president, he refused to condemn the race. rioters in detroit, even though, you know, a lot of his white constituents wanted him to and instead gave a televised address saying that we need to look at the root causes of this unrest and the inequality that that black americans are suffering from. and so mitt grew up watching his dad represent this this strand of republicanism and then gradually become more and more isolated in his party as barry goldwater won the nomination and conservatives took over the party and his own you know, his
a george romney. yeah. again. yeah. so, i mean, i think that part of the reason he didn't identify strongly as a republican, you know earlier in his adult life is because his father was sort of, you know, chased out of the party. not not totally, but george romney was a liberal republican in sort of the last days of the liberal republican wing existing right. he was a big advocate for civil rights in the 1960s. he marched with civil rights activists as governor of michigan. when he ran for...
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romney: thank you, mr. president. the constitution is at the foundation of our republic success and we each strive not to lose sight of our promise to defend it. the constitution established the vehicle of impeachment that is occupied both houses of our congress these many days. we have labored to faithfully execute our responsibilities to it. we have arrived at different judgments, but i hope we respect each other's good faith. the allegations made in the articles of impeachment are very serious. as a senator juror, i swore an oath before god to exercise impartial justice. i am profoundly religious. my faith is at the heart of who i am. i take an oath before god as enormously consequential. i knew from the outset that being tasked with judging the president, the leader of my own party, would be the most difficult decision i have ever faced. i was not wrong. the house managers presented evidence supporting their case and the white house counsel disputed that case. in addition, the president's team presented three defe
romney: thank you, mr. president. the constitution is at the foundation of our republic success and we each strive not to lose sight of our promise to defend it. the constitution established the vehicle of impeachment that is occupied both houses of our congress these many days. we have labored to faithfully execute our responsibilities to it. we have arrived at different judgments, but i hope we respect each other's good faith. the allegations made in the articles of impeachment are very...
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a george romney. yeah. again. yeah. so, i mean, i think that part of the reason he didn't identify strongly as a republican, you know earlier in his adult life is because his father was sort of, you know, chased out of the party. not not totally, but george romney was a liberal republican in sort of the last days of the liberal republican wing existing right. he was a big advocate for civil rights in the 1960s. he marched with civil rights activists as governor of michigan. when he ran for president, he refused to condemn the race. rioters in detroit, even though, you know, a lot of his white constituents wanted him to and instead gave a televised address saying that we need to look at the root causes of this unrest and the inequality that that black americans are suffering from. and so mitt grew up watching his dad represent this this strand of republicanism and then gradually become more and more isolated in his party as barry goldwater won the nomination and conservatives took over the party and his own you know, his
a george romney. yeah. again. yeah. so, i mean, i think that part of the reason he didn't identify strongly as a republican, you know earlier in his adult life is because his father was sort of, you know, chased out of the party. not not totally, but george romney was a liberal republican in sort of the last days of the liberal republican wing existing right. he was a big advocate for civil rights in the 1960s. he marched with civil rights activists as governor of michigan. when he ran for...
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mitt romney did nothing to grow the party. the party stayed very white under mitt romney. and what happened? mitt romney lost the black, asian, hispanic and woman vote. mitt romney is a failure, the establishment has been a failure to grow this party. donald trump is doing these things, and that's why they're mad. their power -- my party deserves to be burped down and built -- burned down and built anew. >> host: in "con job" two people who appear in your book, allen west and cornell west. what's the difference between cornel west and allen west? >> guest: well, allen west actually endorsed my book. he was a member of congress in florida. he's a great friend of mine, i've learned a lot from allen west, you know, just was very friendly with him when he was a congressman, and cornel west is a professor at princeton. i think cornel west has come out to support bernie sanders. cornel west, i mention, i think, throughout the book because cornel west, in my opinion, is part of the race hustle movement. and i put him in -- i lump him in a category with al sharpton because cornel
mitt romney did nothing to grow the party. the party stayed very white under mitt romney. and what happened? mitt romney lost the black, asian, hispanic and woman vote. mitt romney is a failure, the establishment has been a failure to grow this party. donald trump is doing these things, and that's why they're mad. their power -- my party deserves to be burped down and built -- burned down and built anew. >> host: in "con job" two people who appear in your book, allen west and...
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romney, such a stiff. if he tries to be hip and use the lanconeaact and all that. >> trying to be hip. >> it's like watching your t parents disco. just don't try it. barack obama was such a charismatic figure and ran a pepsi generation kind of campaign. they could work back then. four years later grven st24ctural esimlo stent of young people and the prospect that going forward, a little nervil detachment about the job of the presidency could probably help mitt ro wey a little bit. >> one of the things you talk about, diversity is strength. i think dtesocrats would probady argue that case about their party. they say they have to aare wend. talk a little bit about that. have you essentially say it is a faulty argument. >> as i put iket drvert war i is sometimes a strength and sometimes not. a drvert wafied stock portfolios stronger. in many ways diversity is a source of strength. there is a reason why we have not had the homegrown islamic terrorists. we are st thply better at incorporating people in differen
romney, such a stiff. if he tries to be hip and use the lanconeaact and all that. >> trying to be hip. >> it's like watching your t parents disco. just don't try it. barack obama was such a charismatic figure and ran a pepsi generation kind of campaign. they could work back then. four years later grven st24ctural esimlo stent of young people and the prospect that going forward, a little nervil detachment about the job of the presidency could probably help mitt ro wey a little bit....
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i really hope mitt romney doesn't write because he will never beat obama at it. obama has visited college campuses more often than a red old delivery truck and romney is -- he's not a nerd but he is such a stiff that if he tries to use the lingo and all that kind of stuff -- >> host: trying to be hip. >> guest: was like watching your parents disco. it's just uncomfortable. don't tried and i think this election cycle he is an okay place in this regard because while young people were incredibly susceptible to this nonsense in 2008 because everyone was so fed up with george bush and barack obama was such a charismatic figure and sort of the pepsi generation kind of campaign, it would work back then but four years later the young people given the prospect that they have going forward, think a little sort of nerdy detachment about the job of the presidency will probably help that romney a little bit. >> host:>> host: one of the thiu talk about too, a clichÉ heard on college campuses, diversity is strength and i think democrats would probably argue that case too about
i really hope mitt romney doesn't write because he will never beat obama at it. obama has visited college campuses more often than a red old delivery truck and romney is -- he's not a nerd but he is such a stiff that if he tries to use the lingo and all that kind of stuff -- >> host: trying to be hip. >> guest: was like watching your parents disco. it's just uncomfortable. don't tried and i think this election cycle he is an okay place in this regard because while young people were...
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mitt romney's latest bill is more of a work requirement. this guy has had a good important tension and conservativism profamily conservativism many people may not see the nuances of. but i imagine a couple getting the larger child tax credit and saying now i can afford the daycare i need. our now i can afford to work part-time from home or take up a whole 18 months, or whatever and making their own decision. what a lot of conservatives thanks back to the welfare reform fight is okay, we want to give money to a single mom so she can afford to raise her kids more. but it if the effect pulser of the workforce the children are growing up in an environment where they don't see work as part of daily life. if that can get passed down over generations only to intergenerational poverty. and i think both. rubio did not want to think his bill would cause people to drop out of the workforce. i think giving people money with no strings attached is better than giving people money only if they don't work which is what extended unemployment does. yes it wi
mitt romney's latest bill is more of a work requirement. this guy has had a good important tension and conservativism profamily conservativism many people may not see the nuances of. but i imagine a couple getting the larger child tax credit and saying now i can afford the daycare i need. our now i can afford to work part-time from home or take up a whole 18 months, or whatever and making their own decision. what a lot of conservatives thanks back to the welfare reform fight is okay, we want to...
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presidential candidate mitt romney. he appeared on c-span morning program washington journal in january of this year where he took your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets.tu this is about an hour.ec >> and let me introduce you. joining us from boston. he is the co-author along with scott hellman, of a newdu biography of mitt romney.chael along with reporters from then, boston globe, four years ofll reporting into this profile ofap the presidential contender. let me ask you, of the big question about mitt romney, what is it that informs his desireisl for public office?s >> well, i great question, andit in the book we reaeslly try to explain a little h bit about the family history and about his relationship with his father who, of course, was governor of michigan, tried to run for president and drop out before the first primary in new his hampshire when he had problems.o and it is really very easy torei see a straight line there wereot he is trying to fill where hisrw father failed, not just there, o but because the shares,
presidential candidate mitt romney. he appeared on c-span morning program washington journal in january of this year where he took your phone calls, e-mails, and tweets.tu this is about an hour.ec >> and let me introduce you. joining us from boston. he is the co-author along with scott hellman, of a newdu biography of mitt romney.chael along with reporters from then, boston globe, four years ofll reporting into this profile ofap the presidential contender. let me ask you, of the big...
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you have mitt romney and marco rubio push and different ideas of the larger travelogues expanding the child taxbe credi. that's where you think you could get right and left together, republicans and c democrats. a majority of both parties. enough that it adds up to majority of both chambers. expanding cash to parents. on this scored there is an interesting division in the democratic party were there some people who say we wanted subsidized childcare. subsidizing childcare does a lot of good things but it's mores subsidizing work and subsidizing families. helping people get back to work which is good. wouldn't itt be better to get cash and allow that family to make the decision? one of those is going to stop working for the next few years. a regal back to work part-time. that would be good for some families in some families would take that check and spend it on childcare. there is division even within the biden white house and their sons does say the goal is for mothers to get back to work. should it be up to the mothers or fathers to decide how and when they want to go back to work bi
you have mitt romney and marco rubio push and different ideas of the larger travelogues expanding the child taxbe credi. that's where you think you could get right and left together, republicans and c democrats. a majority of both parties. enough that it adds up to majority of both chambers. expanding cash to parents. on this scored there is an interesting division in the democratic party were there some people who say we wanted subsidized childcare. subsidizing childcare does a lot of good...
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is there any chance mitt romney is expelled as a result of his votes ? >> i was surprised and disappointed but we have much work to do for the american people . and i think senator romney hasbeen largely supportive of most everything we've tried to accomplish . >> what is this reluctance to engage on the president's conduct, is it acceptable for the president to ask for investigation on the bidens? >> i'm sure you are paying close attention but that's what we've been talking about for the last three weeks. >> obviously you and chuck schumer have a lot of disagreement about how the trial should go so how would you characterize your relationship with the minority leader coming out of this? >> i think the relationship is fine but adopting the clinton rules didn't serve his purpose. so let's go back to what he was trying to achieve, he was very forthright about it. we had a discussion before we began in the trial. he wanted to guarantee at least some number of witnesses before we started. i felt that our best interest and the best interests of the country wa
is there any chance mitt romney is expelled as a result of his votes ? >> i was surprised and disappointed but we have much work to do for the american people . and i think senator romney hasbeen largely supportive of most everything we've tried to accomplish . >> what is this reluctance to engage on the president's conduct, is it acceptable for the president to ask for investigation on the bidens? >> i'm sure you are paying close attention but that's what we've been talking...
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mitt romney is a leader. [applause] character. the most important virtue of, character, is integrity. without integrity, in my view you don't have character. if you don't have integrity don't have trust worthy. the american people want to believe in their leaders and see an honest leader. a man of integrity and he has edomites integrity his whole life whether it is public life or private life throughout, he is mr. integrity and we need that more than ever in our nation's capital. [applause] conservative about values. our values are the same. we understand the importance of limited government, we understand reducing taxes to create jobs, we understand the importance of a strong national defense. conservative value, the values of ronald reagan, my boss as we affectionately call him. right after you were there he spent the very best. but conservative values need to return to the white house and mitt romney has those conservative values to take america in a new and better direction. [applause] electability. who is our best hope to tak
mitt romney is a leader. [applause] character. the most important virtue of, character, is integrity. without integrity, in my view you don't have character. if you don't have integrity don't have trust worthy. the american people want to believe in their leaders and see an honest leader. a man of integrity and he has edomites integrity his whole life whether it is public life or private life throughout, he is mr. integrity and we need that more than ever in our nation's capital. [applause]...
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i'm glad romney spoke out, help others do as well. getting back to themn beginning about the election, one reason i think it's important that we don't try as democrats, went by a couple of electoral votes that we should turn many states blue, ohio, florida, arizona, georgia, we need to send a message that the corruption and divisive racist stuff we are seeing from trump, this is not america. we will want to send the message by just a couple of electoral votes, we want to send it so loudly and clearly the world sees wow, america did reject this guy. hopefully we send the message so loudly by winning decisively in so many places, the republicans who been afraid to speak out until now because they don't want to retweet donald trump like he did today, there will be more of getting voted out of office by people who know this stuff is nonsense and currently of donald trump. my hope is that this is not a time for democrats and republicans who know better were joining of the project, independent who know is not who we are to join together and
i'm glad romney spoke out, help others do as well. getting back to themn beginning about the election, one reason i think it's important that we don't try as democrats, went by a couple of electoral votes that we should turn many states blue, ohio, florida, arizona, georgia, we need to send a message that the corruption and divisive racist stuff we are seeing from trump, this is not america. we will want to send the message by just a couple of electoral votes, we want to send it so loudly and...
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senator mitt romney voted for judge barrett. a headline from the salt lake tribune, romney and lee joined the gop parade, praise for covid-19 before the confirmation vote. on the floor, arguing why. >> judge barrett wrote in the texas law review the, quote, of the courts opinions change with his membership, public confidence in the court as an institution might decline. its members might be seen as partisan rather than impartial and case law as fueled by power rather than reason. consideration of institutional legitimacy has long been a factor in the court's deliberations but, and greater weight today. the other institutions are diminished and under attack. this would be particularly true were the court called upon, to determine the outcome of the presidential election. and it is paramount important, and regardless of the outcome, to be beyond reproach, and preferably unanimous. the senate will send judge barrett to the highest court in the land. i'm confident she's up to the measure of the times we now live. >> the utah senator
senator mitt romney voted for judge barrett. a headline from the salt lake tribune, romney and lee joined the gop parade, praise for covid-19 before the confirmation vote. on the floor, arguing why. >> judge barrett wrote in the texas law review the, quote, of the courts opinions change with his membership, public confidence in the court as an institution might decline. its members might be seen as partisan rather than impartial and case law as fueled by power rather than reason....
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it's not so much about mitt romney. whatever your judgment about whether he's a good guy, a bad guy, no guy, whatever. [laughter] but think about this. with the destruction elimination of the liberal republican tradition within the republican party, the people that mitt romney's going to bring into the white house and into the agencies are from a pool of reactionary activists. financial lunatics i mean in some way. the current tax fight where they are defending tax cuts for the top 1% is just unbelievable, but if you want to look into a future of a romney future, that's it. i'm a democrat, but, however, i didn't come here to lie to you. while i think, and i argue in the book that there's evidence that the president understands the central economic problem, and he's proposed some investment programs and thing of that sort, but not nearly enough to solve the problem remind you, the country's drowning, republicans looking the other way, the country's drowning 40 feet out, and the democrats throw out a rope that goes 30 fee
it's not so much about mitt romney. whatever your judgment about whether he's a good guy, a bad guy, no guy, whatever. [laughter] but think about this. with the destruction elimination of the liberal republican tradition within the republican party, the people that mitt romney's going to bring into the white house and into the agencies are from a pool of reactionary activists. financial lunatics i mean in some way. the current tax fight where they are defending tax cuts for the top 1% is just...
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talking to somebody recently who said mitt romney seems to have a lot of moral vanity. he said i think that's a good thing. i don't think we are in a moment where elected officials have too much moral vanity. we need our elected officials to have more moral vanity, they care about their own morality, have a little bit of regard for themselves as good people and i hope if there's one thing we can take away from mitt romney's story it is that it is worth it to do the right thing even when it is not politically -- at the end of your life, the end of your career when you are getting ready to retire, die, that you will be happy you follow your conscience. [applause] >> booktv is television for serious readers. keep watching for more of the latest nonfiction books. >> tonight we are welcoming eli francovich to talk about his new novel "the return of the wolves: an iconic predator's struggle to survive in the american west". eli is a very busy journalist. some of you know that. he has a ton of stories on his byline and he covers the environment, conservation, outdoor recreatio
talking to somebody recently who said mitt romney seems to have a lot of moral vanity. he said i think that's a good thing. i don't think we are in a moment where elected officials have too much moral vanity. we need our elected officials to have more moral vanity, they care about their own morality, have a little bit of regard for themselves as good people and i hope if there's one thing we can take away from mitt romney's story it is that it is worth it to do the right thing even when it is...
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mitt romney. he said, he was kind of stiff. and we kept looking at him saying, really? do you want to say and talk more? he said, okay, and he just talked. it was kind of clear that even after all the republican debates, all the republican primary encounters, that the people who were against mitt romney were not really fond of him still even at the convention. >> we hod john boehner tell us that he -- he said i never read those platforms. they don't -- this is after the convention -- i don't read them. get it all on one page. he said nobody reads the platform. >> he didn't realize, we did. >> what can we look for the next two weeks between now and election day? what are your anticipations. >> fasten your seatbelt. >> i think you've seen the silly rhetoric we're going to get for the next two weeks, but more than that, what you're not seeing is what is going on,. , and that is the get out the vote effort, and they're doing some done both campaigns are doing something that i don't understand. the 14-
mitt romney. he said, he was kind of stiff. and we kept looking at him saying, really? do you want to say and talk more? he said, okay, and he just talked. it was kind of clear that even after all the republican debates, all the republican primary encounters, that the people who were against mitt romney were not really fond of him still even at the convention. >> we hod john boehner tell us that he -- he said i never read those platforms. they don't -- this is after the convention -- i...
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yes, i've met mitt romney. yes, i'm at the end. i give credit to donald trumpai for being able to listen to people who are very much against him, but also to mitt romney for being able to go and meet. that's why i'm saying, i felt adrift at the end of october, i'm willing to wait for second because perhaps this tent is bigger than we thought. >> host: next call comes from zachary in long beach california. go ahead. bea. listening >> caller: two quick questions. you said a moment ago that you felt the next two or three or a few years would be good for the republican party, but what about the masses as a whole, and second, someone in your position, an acre, when they take a political stand take a political stand you said it makes it difficult to come out,, to think that's industrywide. [inaudible] as white house press secretary, i felt, believe it or not, that most, that most of the reporters in that room tried their utmostr to be fair and i really appreciated all of the work they did. i knew they had a job to do a matte relationship
yes, i've met mitt romney. yes, i'm at the end. i give credit to donald trumpai for being able to listen to people who are very much against him, but also to mitt romney for being able to go and meet. that's why i'm saying, i felt adrift at the end of october, i'm willing to wait for second because perhaps this tent is bigger than we thought. >> host: next call comes from zachary in long beach california. go ahead. bea. listening >> caller: two quick questions. you said a moment ago...
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ladies and gentlemen, we need mitt romney. ohioan needs mitt romney. [cheering] and the white house needs mitt romney. with that i want to introduce to you the next president of the united states, mitt romney. [cheering] [cheering] [chanting] [cheering] >> thank you, thank you so much. hey guys. [cheering] a cheering section back there. this is fabulous. it's great to be here with you today. i wondered if we were going to make it in. the wind in the rain, the plane was bouncing around as we were touching down. i am so sorry not to have chris christie here. he wanted to be here but the state troopers i guess told them the weather was too treacherous. he had a little plane it was not going to be safe coming in so they held him on the ground and said he couldn't be here but we will bring them back. he will be out campaigning with me. he has been canning -- campaigning with me so much. [cheering] he is fun by the way. it's fun to have chris christie there. what you hope for is someone to heckle him. that is what you hope. and when you have to bring someone
ladies and gentlemen, we need mitt romney. ohioan needs mitt romney. [cheering] and the white house needs mitt romney. with that i want to introduce to you the next president of the united states, mitt romney. [cheering] [cheering] [chanting] [cheering] >> thank you, thank you so much. hey guys. [cheering] a cheering section back there. this is fabulous. it's great to be here with you today. i wondered if we were going to make it in. the wind in the rain, the plane was bouncing around as...
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. >> now former governor and presidential candidate, mitt romney. he was her guest on after words to discuss his book, 78-- "no apology," said the eight. this is one hour. >> coming up next book tv presents for after words, an hour-long program where we invite guest host to interview authors. this week, former massachusetts governor and republican presidential candidate subboard discusses his new book, "no apology" the case for american greatness. in it he examines what he believes are the greatest challenges to the nation today and provides his own blueprint for american progress in the years to come. he expected 2012 candidate talks with juan williams of national public radio. >> host: i am juan williams. today on after words mitt romney. governor thanks for joining us. his new book is called "no apology" the case for american greatness. subwar, everybody assumes this book is the kickoff to your 2012 presidential campaign. are they write? >> guest: it is too early to 12. i haven't made a decision in that regard and frankly the book has come from m
. >> now former governor and presidential candidate, mitt romney. he was her guest on after words to discuss his book, 78-- "no apology," said the eight. this is one hour. >> coming up next book tv presents for after words, an hour-long program where we invite guest host to interview authors. this week, former massachusetts governor and republican presidential candidate subboard discusses his new book, "no apology" the case for american greatness. in it he...
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but romney was actually right on that point. the white house wanted to leave troops there and failed to get a deal and then did a complete pullout at the end of last year and the president proclaimed as a victory because it was so complete. even though that wasn't what his administration had asked for. >> josh, when you are doing these stories after every debate you write about the fact checking. how do you pick out the lines that you were going to fact check and how did you determine, you know, in the hour that you have for the two hours that you are naturally going to file what are the biggest waters that need to seize on and you need to expose for their readers the following day? we try not to repeat exactly the ones that we've done before. and you look at the debate where one or the other candidate says we have a transcript or something along those lines. that's always a signal that one side or the other things the have the one in a factual error and that is something that grabs our attention. and then at politico what we tr
but romney was actually right on that point. the white house wanted to leave troops there and failed to get a deal and then did a complete pullout at the end of last year and the president proclaimed as a victory because it was so complete. even though that wasn't what his administration had asked for. >> josh, when you are doing these stories after every debate you write about the fact checking. how do you pick out the lines that you were going to fact check and how did you determine,...
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he writes, mitt romney is a rich man, is mitt romney's character formed by his wealth? is romney a spoiled character? has he been corrupted by ease and luxury? his column answers that. i will ask you from your reporting to answer that question. >> right. susan, i read that column before going on the air and liked it not just because he mentioned our book, but because he really understood the point we were trying to make. there is a chapter in the book, i think is interesting because i got to do some research on the romney family history. and this goes back four generations, you might ask, why is this biography of mitt romney going back that far in history? it's a really intriguing compelling tale about the history of mormonism is the history of the romney family and part of mexico. it is basically to summarize briefly, mitt's great, great grandfather came from liverpool, england and settled in illinois, the heart of mormonism in this country and the mormons were kicked out, this ancestor stayed behind to finish the temple, had to flee and the family went to the state of
he writes, mitt romney is a rich man, is mitt romney's character formed by his wealth? is romney a spoiled character? has he been corrupted by ease and luxury? his column answers that. i will ask you from your reporting to answer that question. >> right. susan, i read that column before going on the air and liked it not just because he mentioned our book, but because he really understood the point we were trying to make. there is a chapter in the book, i think is interesting because i got...
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the next one says that you've spent a lot of time campaigning with mitt romney. what is your sense of the man, and would he make a great president? >> absolutely. this is -- you know, i was telling jana not too long ago, we were having dinner last night, if i would have met mitt romney and spent the kind of time with him a year ago, i would have endorsed him then. wisconsin became relevant because of our primary, we haven't had a relevant primary since 1980. reagan. [laughter] but that's when i decided to get involved in that primary, and i got to spend a long time with him, a number of 14-hour days. and what you see is what you -- he's a very sincere, very smart, very committed man. what i see in mitt romney are the kinds of tools, the kinds of skills, the kinds of character and attributes you need in a leader. he makes decisions. he doesn't pander. and so what i see is a person who understands the moment our country's facing and a person who is willing to do what it takes to get us out of the path we are on and back on the path of prosper by. i -- prosperity. i
the next one says that you've spent a lot of time campaigning with mitt romney. what is your sense of the man, and would he make a great president? >> absolutely. this is -- you know, i was telling jana not too long ago, we were having dinner last night, if i would have met mitt romney and spent the kind of time with him a year ago, i would have endorsed him then. wisconsin became relevant because of our primary, we haven't had a relevant primary since 1980. reagan. [laughter] but that's...
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running an initiative with harvard on and on individual democracy it is interesting people forget mitt romney's campaign was also hacked by the chinese. they joke the only thing they went looking for was the policy papers they were happy somebody was reading them. [laughter] that nobody was talking about china's activity in the space and also recently that russian meddling pales in comparison to china. do you agree with that? . >> absolutely but it is meddling of a different type russia has meddled in the political system and they don't favor democrats versus republicans maybe they have a special affinity of mister trump which we talk about later but china has a much more sophisticated approach with intellectual property theft and market manipulation and russia will never be an economic rival china's economy and what we have had i would argue we have not had a cyberdoctrine over the last 20 years. i'm not a fan of mister trump is not just his problem but he has been better than obama or bush we have been pretty good against the terrorist and wachovia and i ran but we have been so concerned abou
running an initiative with harvard on and on individual democracy it is interesting people forget mitt romney's campaign was also hacked by the chinese. they joke the only thing they went looking for was the policy papers they were happy somebody was reading them. [laughter] that nobody was talking about china's activity in the space and also recently that russian meddling pales in comparison to china. do you agree with that? . >> absolutely but it is meddling of a different type russia...
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[applause] >> well, governor romney -- i mean, senator romney -- [laughter] we have many leadership programs here at rice university for the students, and it's a theme here. and like your father, you have a long track record of leadership in both the public and the private sectors. and how is leadership different than being a corporate ceo and being a government official? >> you know, i don't know it's as different as you might imagine. it's a different environment to work in, but i think people assume that if you're the ceo, you can sort of do whatever you want to do, and you don't report to anybody. but the reality is if you're in the corporate world, you've got bankers you've got to worry about, shareholders, you have a board of directors, you have people in the company that want your job, so there are constituents you have to be thinking about, and that's true in government as well. you have to find coalitions and be able to get people to work with you. i also think that leadership does not require position. moat of you that are coming out -- most of you that are coming out of university
[applause] >> well, governor romney -- i mean, senator romney -- [laughter] we have many leadership programs here at rice university for the students, and it's a theme here. and like your father, you have a long track record of leadership in both the public and the private sectors. and how is leadership different than being a corporate ceo and being a government official? >> you know, i don't know it's as different as you might imagine. it's a different environment to work in, but i...
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host: a piece that connects mitt romney with ted kennedy, this photograph of mitt romney as governor of massachusetts son in the health care bill. the headline "kennedy's influence haunt romney's career." sang, tried to distance himself , mr. romney cannot escape senator kennedy's influence. guest: i did a piece in "mother jones" in the past for the found video ofi the bill signing ceremony. and it, mitt romney just praises ted kennedy profusely for the health care initiative. i answer -- i am sure she mentions that in this article. i am stunned that newt gingrich's campaign and a santorum's campaign have not used that in a commercial attacking mitt romney. pirelli is every conservatives nightmare to see mitt romney standing next to ted kennedy and acting like the best of friends. it is just part of this albatross that mitt romney has around his neck during his campaign. >> back to the book. utah, the so-called cable chatter. you're right -- guest: the guy is human. he knows what is going out there. he read and pretension to this stuff before he was elected to the white house and und
host: a piece that connects mitt romney with ted kennedy, this photograph of mitt romney as governor of massachusetts son in the health care bill. the headline "kennedy's influence haunt romney's career." sang, tried to distance himself , mr. romney cannot escape senator kennedy's influence. guest: i did a piece in "mother jones" in the past for the found video ofi the bill signing ceremony. and it, mitt romney just praises ted kennedy profusely for the health care...
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when george romney ran for governor peterson was assigned the job of managing leonore romney's appearances. she wrote in her memoir that she did not accept the assignment quote with a great deal of joy and she thought her own credentials quote rated more than another shepherding the wife of a candidate. elly peterson lived by my mother's maxim of if you can't say anything nice don't say anything and so by her standards, the statements were expressions of true annoyance. she developed a great deal of respect in a close friendship with leonore romney particularly after mrs. romney welby lancing press corps at a press conference that she pretty much set up for her at the start of the campaign. peterson traveled all over the state with mrs. romney in that 1962 campaign and meg been a teenager can't beat them. local women peterson recalled handle of the details of leonore romney strips raising money by selling everything that was sellable. mitt recalled was a bit of foresight i think, quote was in seventh heaven doing the selling. in her memoir peterson described how george romney's strong reli
when george romney ran for governor peterson was assigned the job of managing leonore romney's appearances. she wrote in her memoir that she did not accept the assignment quote with a great deal of joy and she thought her own credentials quote rated more than another shepherding the wife of a candidate. elly peterson lived by my mother's maxim of if you can't say anything nice don't say anything and so by her standards, the statements were expressions of true annoyance. she developed a great...
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, governor romney with signing the healthcare bill. i remember very vividly that your husband was looking on and equipped, if both mitt romney and i are supporting the same bill, one of us must not have read it. [laughing] >> on that happy note, i would like to move to questions from the audience because i'm sure that everyone is very anxious to join this conversation. we have four microphones a different places. i see one there and i see one over there. please identify yourself if you would like to join the conversation and limit yourself to one question that actually is the question with a question mark at the end. unfortunately the press is not going to be able to participate in questions, and that's it. so what some would like to join our conversation? if not, i will have to continue. yes. >> thank you for being here at the kennedy school. my name is david deming. no, director for the malcolm wiener center for social policy and the question is about the nature of the bond between the senators they put a think about the relationship
, governor romney with signing the healthcare bill. i remember very vividly that your husband was looking on and equipped, if both mitt romney and i are supporting the same bill, one of us must not have read it. [laughing] >> on that happy note, i would like to move to questions from the audience because i'm sure that everyone is very anxious to join this conversation. we have four microphones a different places. i see one there and i see one over there. please identify yourself if you...
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it's clearly a bad thing for the romney campaign in this cycle. >> no, the romney campaign would say it's a bad thing. maybe it's more aesthetically pleasing to have lots of people screaming instead of one narrative. if i were to answer the question is it better or worse, i think i would probably go back to just a way of judging that. how well the public interest is served vis-a-vis the issue of corruption and the appearance of corruption. which is something that as a journalist, like, there's two things you look for here. first is you're frustrated by the lack of transparency. what we haven't talked about, there's tons of 501c4 money coming into these campaigns, same giant checks, in many cases wealthy individuals there could be wealthy individuals that are only giving privately we don't know are on the radar. it's a huge problem for public accountability reason, and if they are adding to the color and chorus of democracy but they're doing it in a way that fundamentally conceals who is speaking, um, in a way that could destroy the product, i do think that's something the public or m
it's clearly a bad thing for the romney campaign in this cycle. >> no, the romney campaign would say it's a bad thing. maybe it's more aesthetically pleasing to have lots of people screaming instead of one narrative. if i were to answer the question is it better or worse, i think i would probably go back to just a way of judging that. how well the public interest is served vis-a-vis the issue of corruption and the appearance of corruption. which is something that as a journalist, like,...
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romney care. okay. i just didn't hear you. hea what wins -- what wins in are bl america are bold ideas,d sharp contrasts and a plan thatnd a includes everyone, a plan that,a includes people from all across the economic spectrum, eight plan that says, we will workther together to get america to work. [applause] how did i win when i wanted pennsylvania quite a one because i went out and work in thepinion communities that i corrupt and, butler, pennsylvania, a steel town. reblican i to win in a congressman and then in a 70%ndt democratic district from which represented was represented ldfield abandoned steel mills in pittsburgh. all of them -- all along for the nokia hood river, those mills were in my district. -- and i ran a tough election year when george bush senior was losing the election by a landslide in my district and i got 60% of the vote because they shared the values of the working people and not district. if we have someone that can go to western pennsylvania and ohio isd michigan and iowa and m missouri ppo to the vo
romney care. okay. i just didn't hear you. hea what wins -- what wins in are bl america are bold ideas,d sharp contrasts and a plan thatnd a includes everyone, a plan that,a includes people from all across the economic spectrum, eight plan that says, we will workther together to get america to work. [applause] how did i win when i wanted pennsylvania quite a one because i went out and work in thepinion communities that i corrupt and, butler, pennsylvania, a steel town. reblican i to win in a...